Composer and conductor Walter Boudreau has created over sixty works for
various types of ensembles, as well as fifteen film scores and two ballets. His works have been
performed in Canada, the United States, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Finland. In 1998 he
was awarded the prix Opus “Composer of the year” (Conseil québécois de la musique). Since 1988
Boudreau has been artistic director and principal conductor of the Ensemble de la Société de
musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ). In 1990 he was appointed as the Toronto
Symphony Orchestra’s first composer in residence for a period of three years. Boudreau has
directed various contemporary music group. With Denys Bouliane, he assumed
the artistic direction of the Millennium Symphony (2000) and the Montréal/New Music Festival (MNM)
(2003-05-07). Jointly they received the prix Opus “Musical Event of the year.” Among other
distinctions, in 2003 Boudreau was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts,
quickly followed in 2004 by the Prix Denise-Pelletier for the performing arts (Prix du Québec). In
2013 he was appointed as a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec, named as a Member of the Order of
Canada. He has received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in the classical music
category in 2015.